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Freyja

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Goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war, and magic (seiðr), of the Vanir; she receives half of the slain in her hall Fólkvangr.

Freyja and the Necklace (Brísingamen) · James Doyle Penrose · 1890 · British romantic-era illustration · Public domain

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Who they are

Freyja is a goddess of the Vanir, associated with love, beauty, fertility, war, and the magic of seiðr [S2]. She is the sister of Freyr and the owner of the necklace Brísingamen [S2]. She is a war-goddess: she chooses half of the slain for her hall Fólkvangr (the other half going to Odin's Valhalla) [S2]. She is also a goddess of seiðr (a form of Norse magic), which was associated with both power and taboo [S2]. Freyrja is a complex, powerful female deity who straddles the domains of love and war [S2].

Worth knowing

Of the Vanir; sister of Freyr [S2].
Receives half of the slain in her hall Fólkvangr [S2].
Goddess of love, beauty, war, and seiðr (magic) [S2].
Owner of the necklace Brísingamen [S2].

Uncertainties & variants

Freyja's seiðr (magic) was associated with taboo and with a 'unmanly' practice (argi) in some male sources; the sources are ambiguous about her own role [S2].

Relationships (3)

Connections

Family & kinship

PARENT_OFNjord — Njord is the parent of Freyja.[S2]

SIBLING_OFFreyr — Freyr and Freyja are siblings.[S2]

Artifacts

OWNSBrísingamen — Brísingamen is the necklace of Freyja.[[S1]]

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Artifacts of Freyja

Objects they wielded, forged, or were bound to

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Brísingamen

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